Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC Buys New Position in Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. $MPWR

Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC bought a new stake in shares of Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MPWR - Free Report) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 357 shares of the semiconductor company's stock, valued at approximately $207,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC grew its stake in Monolithic Power Systems by 3.2% during the first quarter. Beverly Hills Private Wealth LLC now owns 638 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $370,000 after acquiring an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. Cromwell Holdings LLC boosted its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems by 18.7% in the 1st quarter. Cromwell Holdings LLC now owns 127 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $74,000 after purchasing an additional 20 shares during the period. Burney Co. boosted its holdings in Monolithic Power Systems by 2.2% in the 1st quarter. Burney Co. now owns 946 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $549,000 after purchasing an additional 20 shares during the period. Horizon Investments LLC grew its position in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 3.3% during the 1st quarter. Horizon Investments LLC now owns 688 shares of the semiconductor company's stock valued at $399,000 after purchasing an additional 22 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC increased its holdings in shares of Monolithic Power Systems by 2.9% in the first quarter. Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC now owns 897 shares of the semiconductor company's stock worth $520,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares during the period. 93.46% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Theodore Blegen sold 6,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $750.00, for a total transaction of $4,500,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 46,939 shares in the company, valued at $35,204,250. This represents a 11.33% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, EVP Deming Xiao sold 39,999 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Friday, August 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $780.00, for a total transaction of $31,199,220.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 121,605 shares in the company, valued at approximately $94,851,900. This trade represents a 24.75% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 52,792 shares of company stock valued at $41,066,150 over the last three months. 3.40% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

MPWR has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Oppenheimer reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $800.00 price objective (up previously from $700.00) on shares of Monolithic Power Systems in a research note on Tuesday, July 15th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on Monolithic Power Systems from $880.00 to $930.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Loop Capital boosted their price objective on Monolithic Power Systems from $760.00 to $800.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 23rd. KeyCorp upped their price objective on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $940.00 to $950.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Needham & Company LLC raised their target price on shares of Monolithic Power Systems from $800.00 to $820.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, August 1st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, Monolithic Power Systems currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $838.09.

Monolithic Power Systems Trading Down 0.7%

Shares of NASDAQ:MPWR traded down $6.24 on Friday, reaching $834.14. 329,688 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 471,037. The stock has a market capitalization of $39.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.13 and a beta of 1.23. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $794.18 and its 200 day simple moving average is $686.83. Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. has a 52 week low of $438.86 and a 52 week high of $954.00.

Monolithic Power Systems (NASDAQ:MPWR - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The semiconductor company reported $4.21 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.12 by $0.09. Monolithic Power Systems had a return on equity of 19.14% and a net margin of 73.17%.The company had revenue of $664.57 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $648.74 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $3.17 EPS. Monolithic Power Systems's quarterly revenue was up 31.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Monolithic Power Systems has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. will post 13.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Monolithic Power Systems Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 30th will be issued a $1.56 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 30th. This represents a $6.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. Monolithic Power Systems's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 16.25%.

Monolithic Power Systems Profile

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc engages in the design, development, marketing, and sale of semiconductor-based power electronics solutions for the storage and computing, automotive, enterprise data, consumer, communications, and industrial markets. The company provides direct current (DC) to DC integrated circuits (ICs) that are used to convert and control voltages of various electronic systems, such as cloud-based CPU servers, server artificial intelligence applications, storage applications, commercial notebooks, digital cockpit, power sources, home appliances, 4G and 5G infrastructure, and satellite communications applications.